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#TDI vs Benchmark

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#133124From: Erv ThompsonJul 4, 1988 12:30 AM
Larry – Wouldn't it have been nice though to have one Modula-2 system for the Amiga have the quality/price/performance that we all deserve. TDI's and Avante Garde's problems have been well chronicled. We're all too often put in the position of having to deal with what's available rather than being able to chose from a number of high quality products. This goes across the whole range of Amiga products, not just Modula-2 systems. It seems that just too many vendors (not all, of course) dump something on us presumming that since little is available we'll buy anything we can get. I sorta feel that TDI has taken the position that since the Amiga is such a small-market computer that they don't have to held accountable. The Amiga simply won't make or break their fortunes.
#133134From: John DraperJul 4, 1988 2:41 AM
Erv, I guess we see these things a little differently. There are products for the Amiga that compete wquite well. C compilers are the best example. We have two quite high quality ones. Assemblers are the same. Many more examples can be found in the tool category… shells, disassemblers, debuggers, etc. I think that we do have a good product at a *Bsonable price in te M2 arena, and perhaps even 2 of them (I haven't seen M2Amiga yet, so I can't comment on how good/bad it is). To my mind, TDI has pushed shoddy goods on us, exactly as you have noted, probably because they think we'll put up with anything just to get a particular type of product. -larry
#133134From: John DraperJul 4, 1988 2:41 AM
Erv, I guess we see these things a little differently. There are products for the Amiga that compete wquite well. C compilers are the best example. We have two quite high quality ones. Assemblers are the same. Many more examples can be found in the tool category… shells, disassemblers, debuggers, etc. I think that we do have a good product at a *Bsonable price in te M2 arena, and perhaps even 2 of them (I haven't seen M2Amiga yet, so I can't comment on how good/bad it is). To my mind, TDI has pushed shoddy goods on us, exactly as you have noted, probably because they think we'll put up with anything just to get a particular type of product. -larry